Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Carum caucasicum (M.Bieb.) Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 2: 880 (1872) |
Native Range | Caucasus to nw. Iran and e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 2500-3300m |
Description | taproot, lower leaves vaginate-petiolate, oblong, bipinnatisect, terminal segments lanceolate, entire or dentate, 2-3cm, rays unequal, 4-7, glabrous |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Carum humile Boiss. & Balansa Laserpitium caucasicum M.Bieb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |